Niger Delta
RSG To Partner Agencies, Others On Sustainable Environment

The Rivers State Government, has pledged to partner with relevant agencies and non-governmental organisations to promote sustainable environment in the state.
Permanent Secretary, Rivers State Ministry of Environment, Dr Nduye Briggs, said this in an interview with newsmen during the launching of ECO Friendly Network by the Centre for Creative Development Strategies, a non- governmental organisation in Port Harcourt.
Briggs, who spoke through a director in the ministry, Mr Loveday Ukaulor, also disclosed plans by the state government to reactivate its waste to wealth plants in Kira and Iriebe respectively.
Also speaking, the Permanent Secretary, Rivers State Ministry of Youth Development, Roland D. Whyte, said the ECO Friendly Network was important as it would help enterprising youths in Rivers State to learn the art of converting waste to wealth, thereby creating employment opportunities for them.
He also assured of the ministry’s support to the organisation.
In his keynote address, the Executive Director of National Coalition Against Gas Flaring in the Niger Delta (NAGOND), Rev Fr Edward Obi, urged the people of the Niger Delta to embrace the concept of biodiversity.
Obi said, embracing this concept would help in fostering a positive attitude towards other creatures.
He also urged the participants to see themselves as vanguard of environmental conservation.
On her part, an environmentalist, Mrs Debby Effiong, said environmental justice could not be achieved when human rights are constantly violated.
Effiong stressed the need for policies that will enhance people’s living conditions through the provision of clean water and sanitation.
Earlier, the Executive Director of the Centre for Creative Development Strategies, Mrs Nancy Iheduru, said the centre which was established in 2006 was a women and youth focused organisation registered with Corporate Affairs Commission.
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